Charlie Chan in Shanghai

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Movie
German title Charlie Chan in Shanghai
Original title Charlie Chan in Shanghai
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1935
length 71 minutes
Rod
Director James Tinling
script Edward T. Lowe Jr. ,
Gerard Fairlie
production John Stone
music Samuel Kaylin
camera Barney McGill
cut Nick DeMaggio
occupation
chronology

←  Predecessor
Charlie Chan in Egypt

Successor  →
Charlie Chan's secret

Charlie Chan in Shanghai is a 1935 crime film directed by James Tinling about a case of Charlie Chan , a Chinese-born police officer invented by Earl Derr Biggers . The film was the third film produced by Fox Film Corporation that year, with Warner Oland in the title role , after Charlie Chan in Paris and Charlie Chan in Egypt . Other leading roles were Irene Hervey and Jon Hall .

action

During a trip to China , the Chinese-born police officer Charlie Chan is honored with a banquet in Shanghai for his many services. Shortly before his speech, Sir Stanley Woodland, a prominent representative of the British colony, confided in Chan that he had discovered some sinister machinations and that he would give his information to the detective as soon as he was alone with him. When Sir Stanley dies in a booby trap shortly before the announced conversation during the banquet, Chan begins to solve the undisclosed secret and to search for the killer.

Together with the police chief Colonel Watkins and the secret agent James Watkins, Charlie Chan is working to expose an international opium smuggling ring operating out of Shanghai . With the help of his son Lee Chan, he survives kidnapping and murder attempts while working to uncover the identity of the head of the drug trafficking gang.

background

The film continued the successful series about the Chinese-born police officer invented by Earl Derr Biggers. In contrast to the first, mostly lost films, this one was no longer based on one of the six novels, but on a script based on the protagonist of the novels. After Charlie Chan in Paris , Keye Luke played the role of his father's assistant again as Chan's son No. 1 in this film. In addition, right at the beginning of the film, the role of the detective as the head of the family becomes clear when he plays leapfrog with a number of children on the deck of a ship . When a ship officer asked about his age, he replied, as so often, with a saying: “60 summers young, 60 winters old” ('60 summers young, 60 winters old ').

Director James Tinling staged three years later with Mr. Moto and betting fraud ( Mr. Moto's Gamble ) another film about a coming from Asia detective, that of Peter Lorre played Japanese Mr. Moto . In this film, by the way, Keye Luke also plays a guest leading role as Lee Chan.

In the film, which premiered on October 11, 1935 in the USA, worked as a set designer Duncan Cramer , who was nominated in 1955 and 1956 for a Primetime Emmy Award for best art direction in the series Four Star Playhouse . The later film producer Aaron Rosenberg was involved as an assistant director for the first time in the production of a film. The costumes were made by Sam Benson , who between 1924 and 1957 worked on the costume design of almost 450 films.

Quotes

As in the other films in the series, Charlie Chan emphasizes his work with quotes that are reminiscent of Chinese proverbs . The always polite and calm-looking Chan thanks him as usual with a “Thank you so much” ('Thank you so much').

Chan's sayings in this film include:

  • “The holiday mood is like a fickle girl - privileged to change your mind.” ('Holiday mood like fickle girl - privileged to change mind')
  • “Motifs are like the end of a string - connected in too many knots. The end may be in sight, but it is difficult to unravel. ”('Motive like end of string - tied to many knots. End may be in sight but hard to unravel.')
  • "Cold omelet like fish out of sea - does not improve with age."
  • "A long journey always starts with one short step" ('Long journey always start with one short step')
  • "Hasty conclusion like hind legs of mule - kick backwards"
  • "Soothing drinks are like summer rain - they bring pleasant relief" ('Soothing drink like summer shower - bring pleasant relief')
  • "Only foolish dog pursues flying bird"
  • "Spiders do not spin a web for a single fly" ('Spider did not spin web for a single fly')

Trivia

Although Frederick Vogeding plays the role of 'Burke' in the cast, he is consistently addressed as 'Ivan Marloff' in the film dialogues.

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